The Benefits and Challenges of Globalisation for the Development of Higher Education Teaching and Research: A Case Study of an Emerging University in East Africa

Tan, Rachel Sing-Ee; Harland, Tony; Daniel, Ben Kei

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“…In many HEIs, research equipment and institutional infrastructure are significantly lacking, and electricity and internet connectivity are not sustainable (Tan et al, 2021 ), as proclaimed by a respondent of this study: you do not have adequate laboratory facilities or adequate equipment to exploit the potentials that you have. So the institutional infrastructure is another challenge for the academic staff.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Despite offering English programs, there are challenges with regard to English proficiency among academics and students which prevents them from getting involved in the international arena (Tan et al, 2021 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Many institutions are currently significantly short of trained scientific staff, organizational infrastructure, research equipment, and sustainable power and internet availability. While the region suffers from brain drain to developed countries, institutions are expected to remedy problems related to development, destitution, and the provision of specialists such as medical doctors, professors, and engineers (Tan et al, 2021 ). Despite having access to most global structures and systems inherited from colonial powers and the more recent influence of donations, East Africa’s higher education system is probably the most marginalized within the world.…”

Section: East African Higher Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(P9) Many African universities are struggling to improve their teaching and research capabilities. In many institutions, there is a critical shortage of qualified scientific staff (Tan et al, 2021). Therefore, despite the high potential of African students and professors to participate in international activities, low research and education capacity in universities coupled with the lack of opportunities have hindered their prosperity and the development of African higher education internationally.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…So, the multiple higher education systems in African countries are a barrier to or a challenge to internationalization. (P9) Despite offering English programs, there are challenges with regard to English proficiency among academics and students which prevents them from getting involved in the international arena (Tan et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Challenges and strategies for the internationalization of higher education in low-income East African countries

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As it becomes more crucial to push the boundaries of science to develop new technologies and important global initiatives, internationalization can be instrumental in helping underdeveloped countries overcome challenges such as poverty, climate change, and educational inequalities. Higher education institutions have always faced challenges in the process of internationalization, which have occupied scholarly attention in recent decades, but little research has been conducted on the internationalization of higher education in less developed African countries. This qualitative study aims to shed light on the challenges of internationalization of higher education in low-income countries in East Africa. After reviewing the literature and interviewing academics, the obtained data were thematically analyzed. The results suggested 12 main challenges, which were classified into four major categories. The challenges include a lack of clear policies and guidelines; the inefficiency of the organizational structure of internationalization; financial, infrastructure, and equipment problems; weaknesses in scientific, skill, and language competences; cultural differences; non-reciprocal relationships; and a brain drain. Finally, strategies for responding to these challenges with regard to the internal and external environments of higher education institutions were proposed. Among the internal strategies of higher education institutions are the development of clear policies and visions, planning for the development of human resources, and sustainable budgeting for internationalization programs. External strategies emphasize the development of national policies and laws based on contextual and environmental conditions, as well as interaction and participation in international meetings to expand communication and use the scientific and economic capacities of international agencies and institutions.

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From Disruption to Reconstruction: Cultural Parameters for Academic Development at a University in a Fragile Context

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Application of AI Information Technology in the Political and Ideological Online Classroom System in the Background of Big Data

Wang¹,

Zhang²

2022

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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Political and ideological online teaching is a new thing integrating political and ideological theory teaching and artificial intelligence information technology. In order to effectively improve the quality of political and ideological online teaching, this paper aims to make an in-depth study on the application of artificial intelligence technology in the political and ideological online classroom system under the background of big data. This paper first expounds the overall architecture of the political and ideological online system from the system hardware architecture and software architecture and then discusses in detail the functional design of the online system and the structure of the database. This paper proposes a data mining algorithm based on scale affine transformation and curriculum data information space reconstruction, constructs the data structure model of the political and ideological online classroom system, uses scale affine transformation to fuse the curriculum data, carries out spatial reconstruction of the fused curriculum data, extracts the high-order features of the curriculum data in the political and ideological online classroom system in the reconstructed space, and completes the data mining of political and ideological courses. Experiments show that the political and ideological online classroom system under the proposed method is better than the political and ideological online classroom system under the traditional method in terms of user satisfaction and teacher operation proficiency and can effectively improve the quality of political and ideological online teaching.

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The Benefits and Challenges of Globalisation for the Development of Higher Education Teaching and Research: A Case Study of an Emerging University in East Africa

Cited by 6 publications

References 30 publications

Challenges and strategies for the internationalization of higher education in low-income East African countries

Challenges and strategies for the internationalization of higher education in low-income East African countries

From Disruption to Reconstruction: Cultural Parameters for Academic Development at a University in a Fragile Context

Application of AI Information Technology in the Political and Ideological Online Classroom System in the Background of Big Data

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